Our backyard photo journal - a collection of pictures of Skippy and the plants and flowers in our backyard. Also pictures from Skippy's walks & stories of his therapy work. Skippy is working hard at learning to be a Therapy Dog.

Thursday, May 08, 2008

summer clip

Yippee Skippy! He has a brand new summer clip. Last night was sooo hot for Skippy - he panted instead of sleeping. He's much more comfortable now with his short haircut.

I do have to make a quick comment on the ticks this year. Terrible! Poor Skippy gets so many of them. I hate stop him from running through the tall grasses. He loves this. But even in relatively urban Belmont, he picked up a dozen yesterday. If we walk in towns to the north or west its worse. Also, he often picks them up in our community garden. Seems like its just a bad year for ticks.

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omgosh! yes -- ticks equal major YUCK. It has been a bad year for them so far. I've been pretty lucky, but I'm eying the flea/tick collars. I really don't want these little buggers crawling in the house!

Flea and tick collars are a good idea, especially after a bath and anti flea/tick shampoo. Looks like Skippy's fur is tick and it would be mighty hard to see fleas and ticks against the black fur. You can still take advantage of some promo codes for discount pet supplies for that are ending in June. Check out the featured products at our site: 1000petsupplies.com. Promo codes are ending on June 30, there are also some free shipping coupons.

pictures of Skippy

weather pixie

This is my WeatherPixie. It is a little graphic that shows a representation of the weather using data reported by Boston Logan Airport. As the weather in Boston changes, my Pixie will also change. Daylight and current moon phase are also displayed.

current moon phase

blogger button

woof!

backyard pictures

This is Skippy's backyard photographed from an upstairs window. Dates of the photos are (from top): May 24 2006, August 12 2006, November 13 2006, Valentine's Day (February 14) 2006, March 11, 2007 and Memorial Day (May 28) 2007.